The market is overflowing with fun, sporty cars in the $20,000 to $30,000 range right now, but how much cheap, dirty speed can you get for just ten large?

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If it were up to us and we needed to pin ourselves into our seats as cheaply as possible, we'd buy a 1990s Mustang for something around six or seven thousand and spend the difference on hot rodding the damn thing. We wouldn't be the first to do it.

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